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Stop Your Grumbling and Change Things!
I’ve had it. We have the option for change and we’re too damn lazy to use it
2020 is shaping up to be a big year. England is about to end its second lockdown and go back to a tiered system of restrictions. It’s been disastrous, deadly and sometimes amazing. There’s been an unprecedented amount of unprecedented things.
Like the quiet life?
It seems to me that there is a general feeling amonst people. A feeling that has been exressed regularly on social media, Medium and the news. People liked the world being quiet. They liked hearing the birds and seeing more wildlife.
During the first lockdown, I did a survey to see how people felt. 92% of the responses used their car less during lockdown than they did before. 61% were willing to use their car less after lockdown. That’s a lot more than I expected. When I asked people why they were not willing to use their car less after lockdown the answers were interesting. Some people had jobs that required driving (commuting or travelling to customers), a couple of respondents lived in remote locations and couldn’t get anywhere without their car.
Most people gave me ideas for using their cars less. Quite a few wanted to continue walking or cycling and were enjoying the reduced traffic.
I asked people…
